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1 Jan, 2023

President’s Message – 01/23

2023-01-01T15:40:30-05:00Member Showcase, President's Message|

We hope that you all enjoyed your holidays and send warm wishes for a happy, healthy, and creative New Year.  Additionally, some frigid weather has come our way and we hope that you are able to stay warm … working on a quilt or cuddling under one are both good ways to accomplish that!

It was wonderful seeing many of you at our December holiday meeting.

Don’t forget that our next two meetings will be on zoom:  January 18 and February 15.  You can log on at 5:45 to “socialize” before the business meeting which will start at 6:00 followed by a lecture.  You will receive login information ahead of each meeting by email.  While we won’t have our traditional Show and Tell, there may be time to highlight a few of you between the meeting and the lecture.  So keep your work nearby if you wish to share.

Check our Latest News below and our website and mark your calendars for the upcoming speakers and workshops scheduled.

Our nominating committee is formed and will be reaching out to members soon to fill elected positions for 2023-2024.  We are thrilled that a few of you have already volunteered for some positions.  We will be looking for candidates for President, Programs and Communications.  We know you care about the future of our guild so please consider saying YES when you are asked.  Grab a friend and work as a team … it’s definitely worked for us!

The World of Quilts XLII will be here before you know it.  Quilt Registration runs mid-January through March.  All details are on our website.

There’s still time to register for Super Saturday on February from 9am-3pm.  Check our website for more information.

Margaret and Jody

Margaret Cibulsky and Jody Sullivan, president@northernstarquilters.com

Two pics from Ukraine orphanage where our last shipment of quilts went (seen on beds) as well as knitted “peace pocket pals”. Please do not publicize elsewhere. Jody

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1 Jan, 2023

Latest News – 01/23

2023-01-10T10:53:17-05:00Latest News|

2024 Quilt Challenge Proposals Requested

While you’re busy working on your 2023 ‘Card Tricks’ challenge, think about what comes next!

Do you have an idea for the guild challenge for next year, 2024?  Would you like to take charge of challenging our guild members next year?  We welcome any and all creative ideas that you or your group wishes to submit to the Board for consideration.  Your idea might be as simple as making a small quilt using one or two specific colors or as complicated as making a small quilt using a required complex pattern. The choice of the challenge is as large as your imagination.

Please send me your challenge ideas by this February.  Proposals for the challenge should include the challenge name, challenge rules, and judging categories. The proposals will be presented (without submitter’s names) to the Board at the March meeting. The challenge receiving the most votes will be approved by the board and then presented to the membership at this June’s Guild meeting.

Your responsibilities would include:
—defining the theme, format, and parameters of the challenge;
—collecting the completed quilts;
—arranging display and voting at the guild meeting;
—coordinating the ribbons;
—displaying the quilts at the Quilt Show;
—arranging returning the quilts.

This could be a great activity for a group of friends to organize.

You can review the current challenge parameters and the general challenge guidelines HERE.
Send in those ideas as soon as possible!

Rona Spar, Assistant to the Presidents, drspar@optonline.net

Create a Raffle Basket for the Quilt Show

When you are not busy working on your quilt to enter in the show, or selling charity raffle tickets for the beautiful quilt to benefit Sparrow’s Nest, we have one more fun project that needs your help!

There will be a basket raffle table at the show, with an opportunity to win additional prizes.

Donations of complete baskets is the goal, but we will accept donations of new individual items if they can be worked into a basket with other items.  Perhaps you received something for the holidays that you won’t be using or already have a duplicate?  Are you friendly with a local business that would donate an item or a gift certificate or even an entire basket?

Get your SIG group together and show us your creativity with a group basket!  Partner up with some of your guild friends and put together something that everyone would want to win!  It does not have to be quilting related – a basket could have a theme such as gardening..cooking..spa day…etc.

This basket raffle will feature new items only, and complete baskets should have a minimum value of $100.

Thank you to Shelley Lounsbury and Narcie Medina who have stepped up to coordinate this.  Contact Shelley @ shlounz@gmail.com with any questions, or information about items you may want to donate.

Contact Lisa Alfonzetti @ nsqgworldofquilts@gmail.com

Workshop-Color Interaction

Saturday, January 28, 2023 @ 9:00 am – 4:00 pm EST

$75 – Zoom, link is emailed a few days before

Tara Faughnan – tarafaughnan.com

Tara Faughnan’s Zoom workshop is titled, “Color Interaction.” Playing with color is one of the most rewarding aspects of quilt making. It can be fun, intuitive, challenging and at times frustrating. In this class, we will explore how colors play off one another and delve into the importance of value. Students will start with a variety of quick exercises, and move on to sewing small color studies that can be combined to make a larger quilt.

Workshop-Contemporary Quilting With Your Walking Foot

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Back by popular demand!  In case you missed out the first time, we are offering Marge Tucker’s Walking Foot workshop a second time via Zoom on a Saturday.
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Saturday, March 11 @ 9:30 am – 4:00 pm ET-
$65 – Zoom, link is emailed a few days before

Marge Tucker  –  margetuckerquilts.com/about

You can do so much innovative quilting JUST with your walking foot! I will show you my method of quilting with your walking foot that involves little or no marking but still results in spectacular quilting.

I start with the basics, such as batting choices, thread, needles and how to secure the quilting stitches. Then, we start quilting with straight lines and move to curved quilting lines and spirals on your practice quilt sandwiches. For both the straight line and curved quilting, I will show you many designs and variations you can use to great effect. I will also have some of my quilts as examples, including “Burst” which received the award Best Machine Quilting (Frameless) at QuiltCon 2019. This class will change the way you think about your walking foot!
Check to see Supply List Here

Workshop-Investigating Color with Paper and Glue

Thursday, April 20, 2023 @ 9:00 am – 4:00 pm EDT – $65

David Hornung – www.davidhornung.com
In-person Workshop

No sewing machine required. David will use the principles of color theory from his book, A Workshop for Artists and Designers, to illustrate the importance of color placement in quilting and painting. Participants will use colored paper to experiment with color placement.

Workshop Payment

  • To signup and pay via credit card: click here.
  • To signup and pay by check:  first EMAIL  kathytuttle9@gmail.com with your workshop choice and then mail your check (payable to Northern Star Quilters’ Guild):  Kathy Tuttle, 9 Coventry Circle, Mahopac, NY  10541.
– All workshop sign-ups are subject to availability, no refunds unless workshop is cancelled or already filled.
– Please be sure your NSQG membership is up-to-date (click here to renew or join) before registering as a member for a workshop.
– Non-members are welcome (based on availability) for an increased fee, usually $20.
Class confirmation and supply list will be emailed when payment is received.
To check on availability or with any questions, email Kathy Tuttle,  kathytuttle9@gmail.com.

Signup for Super Saturday

February 18th – 9:00am – 3:00pm

The fee is $25.00, payable at signup.
(non-refundable unless the event is cancelled or your class selection is already full)

You can review the classes and availability on our website – Super Saturday event page – and double-check with Linda for available slots.

Signup by emailing supersaturday@northernstarquilters.com with your class request and to get check payment instructions
– OR –
Signup online and pay by credit card – click HERE.

Linda Stern and Annette Nash Govan, supersaturday@northernstarquilters.com

Gentle Reminder to Return Borrowed Library Books

It’s easy to confuse our own quilting books with those we’ve borrowed from the Guild’s Library, especially as time goes by.  Also some books may have been returned directly to the cart before the white sign-out card can be pulled and put back in the book.  A reminder email will be going out to borrowers with books believed to be due or past due.  Please check your home library for forgotten guild library books.  Your librarian (me) will be happy to be inundated with your returns at our March guild meeting.

Thanks!
Deb Tashjian, librarian@northernstarquilters.com

Charitable Activities

Blue Lightning

Reminder – If you had not already picked it up elsewhere, your packet of 5 booklets of charity quilt raffle tickets was mailed to you.  If you have not received yours, please contact me.

Booklets are priced at $5 each. Ticket stubs and a check (payable to Northern Star Quilters Guild) can be mailed back to me, Dee Plouffe  280A Heritage Hills, Somers NY, 10589.

You can also purchase your tickets online using your credit card. The link is https://nsqg.formstack.com/forms/nsqg_charity_raffle.  It’s quick and easy and I will gladly fill out the stubs for you.

Thank you for your support of Sparrow’s Nest.

Every year, nominations for the next charity to support with our quilt raffle are solicited from members, if you would like to nominate a charity, please review the guidelines HERE and contact me with your submission information.

Comfort Quilts yearly Holiday Party was a complete success. Our Christmas White Elephant mascot, “Dolly” reappeared and was cheered by all!  Announcements were made of the sizable donations of Comfort Quilts that were delivered to various agencies over the Holiday season. Thank you Pat Julian for keeping a record of quilts delivered.  Already, this past half year, 402 quilts have been delivered!  Special thanks to our great group of Comfort Quilters and especially Karen Carlson and Carol Auer for making Comfort Quilts “better together”.

Dee Plouffe, charitable@nothernstarquilters.com

Hello Dolly!

Comfort Quilts - Help make quilts for charities

Some December Comfort Quilts

Projected Comfort Quilts dates:

– January 4 & 18
– February 1 & 15
– March 1 & 15
– April  5 & 19
– May 10 & 24  (2nd & 4th Wednesdays)
– June 7

We meet at North Salem Volunteer Ambulance Corps, 14 Daniel Rd. North Salem, from 10 to 2pm.
Bring lunch or a snack if you’d like a food break at your seat.
(All recommended vaccinations required.)
Last minute cancellations do happen, if in doubt or coming for the first time, please check.
All members are welcome.

Contact Karen Carlson or Carol Auer for further information.

Ukraine Quilts

A big thank you to those members who have already donated, or committed to making, a quilt to send to the Ukraine.  If anyone else is considering making a quilt here are some important considerations I received from Chris Economos, a guild member who organized one of the earliest metro area Ukraine quilt drives:
Warmth is paramount.  Thick batting and warm backing are crucial.   Consider using poly batting and/or flannel or minkie backing.  (Some quilts received had no batting, just the minkie backing and they were fine.) Remember it’s COLD over there and your quilts may well be going to someone without heat or even intact housing.
Size:  Think Goldilocks – not too small or too big.  Large throw size to twin is optimal, 60”-80” maximum.
Personal label:  The Ukrainians told Chris how touched they were with the labels which had kind words of support and the names of the people who made the quilts.
We  have two members who have generously offered to do the quilting if batting and backing are provided.  Contact me and I’ll give you their names.
Our working deadline is February 1st which happens to be a Comfort Quilt meeting date.  Or you can contact me to arrange a pick up or drop off.
Thanks!
Deborah Tashjian
914-420-8930, Dnt914@hotmail.com

Membership

Greetings to all!

We look forward to seeing you at the next NSQG meeting on Zoom on Wednesday, January 18th.   Won’t it be nice not to have to worry about watching the weather to see if the meeting is going to be cancelled?!

The updated version of the online NSQG Member Directory will be coming out in early February.  If your information needs to be updated, please send the changes to membership@northernstarquilters.com.  We will update your profile.

This is another reminder that it’s never too late to send us your picture for the directory.  Our goal is 100% participation.  Please help others to place your name with your face!

Finally, if you would like a new membership badge, please let us know. It will be waiting for you at the next in-person meeting.

We wish you lots of time for quilting in the new year!

Joanne Visovsky and Carol Sterk, membership@northernstarquilters.com

Member Notices:

(Members may request a short personal post, quilting related; contact news@northernstarquilters.com)

Nancy Mirman, at this month’s holiday boutique,  will be selling clothing made from her wearable art pattern business.  There will be vests, jackets, bags and some hand knit scarves.

Maria Weinstein  is selling her self-air threading L890 Bernina serger, contact her at tatavw01@yahoo.com.

Harlan Sexton‘s Quilt of Valor group is selling raffle tickets for its 2026 Fabric Fundraiser. Grand prize is a striking patriotic quilt (made by the group and longarmed by guild member Debra Oaks). Contact Harlan by Dec. 5 to purchase a $10 ticket: harlan.sexton1@gmail.com or (516) 662 2953.

Barbara Glab is exhibiting quilts at the Ossining Library in December.  She is also looking for someone to repair a vintage quilt, contact 914-837-829,3 or barbaraglab@att.net.

-- UPCOMING --

View Calendar

Area Quilt Shows

Area Guilds offering Programs

Whether you’re a new or renewing member, check out our Buddy Program if you would like to be a ‘buddy’ or have a ‘buddy’ to show you the ropes around the guild’.  Be sure to pick up your name badge or make your own NSQG fabric name badge, pattern HERE.

If you know any member of the guild who is in need of a little ‘sunshine’ for illness, sympathy, or any other reason, please contact secretary@northernstarquilters.com so the guild can send a card.

Requests on how to make a donation to the guild to honor a member or support an activity are occasionally received. Such requests may now be accomplished via our website, where we have set up a Donate box on our home page, click on Make a Donation.

Guild bylaws and policies are available to members on our website or by request to the secretary@northernstarquilters.com.
Guild financial reports are available to members by annual email or by request to the treasurer@northernstarquilters.com.

Send Guild newsletter updates and photos as well as info on local quilt activities and shows to news@northernstarquilters.com and photos for Instagram and Facebook are always welcome at social@northernstarquilters.com.

Follow and Share NSQG activities on Facebook  and Instagram   –   @northernstarquilters

Area Quilt Related Shops

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1 Dec, 2022

President’s Message – 12/22

2022-12-06T13:21:42-05:00President's Message|

Metropolis Sunrise Volunteers-Eagle eyes will spot Rona, Althea, Brenda and Anne in the crowd!

Hopefully, you all had an enjoyable Thanksgiving Day and were even able to get in some sewing during the days following.  Something we cannot say enough: we are extremely thankful for all those members who donate their time and talent to this Guild.  Without you this organization would cease to thrive and be vibrant.

Can you believe that December is already here?  Now the truly hectic holidays season begins.  Our December 14th meeting, the 2nd Wednesday, at Kennedy will be more casual because we do not have a scheduled speaker.  That means there is plenty of time for Show and Tell … always a highlight of our meetings.  Plan now to bring something and sign your name on the Clipboard sheet when you enter!  The usual refreshments will be provided and you’re more than welcome to bring in a wee bit to share.

During the next few months, we will be looking for members to take on the elected positions of President, Secretary, Treasurer, Programs, Quilt Show and Communications for the next guild year, July 2022- thru June 2023.  All these positions could be “Co-Jobs” with shared responsibilities.  How wonderful it would be if two members who work well together would just step up and volunteer!

Our meetings in January and February will be Zoom meetings.  You will receive Zoom link information ahead of each meeting.  Be sure to check our website for all activities, speakers and workshops planned for the new year.

The February 3rd-5th retreat at the Center in Mariandale will be a fun and productive weekend!  There are a few spots available.  The fee is $230 which includes a private room, meals, snacks, and a comfortable workroom on a beautiful campus.  Contact Jody Sullivan (jodysull@optonline.net) or Margaret Cibulsky (margy52@gmail.com) if interested.

Be sure to sign up for Super Saturday on February 18, it promises to be an enjoyable day.

Take care of yourselves until we see you soon,
Margaret Cibulsky and Jody Sullivan, president@northernstarquilters.com

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1 Dec, 2022

Latest News – 12/22

2022-12-02T20:59:38-05:00Latest News|

Special Lecture Workshop-Judging Considerations and Trunk Show

Judging Your Quilt

Pat Harrison – January 7, 2023
Saturday 11:00-1:00pm
$35 – Zoom, link is emailed a few days before

Lecture on details of quilt judging along with a trunk show of Pat’s quilts.

Pat Harrison keeps herself busy being a long-arm quilter, lecturer and workshop teacher, quilt designer, and a quilt judge certified by the National Association of Certified Quilt Judges.

Lecturing, teaching, and judging allows Pat the opportunity to share her knowledge of all aspects of the quilt making process, from design through construction to the joy of a finished project and even how a quilt is judged.

Workshop-Color Interaction

Saturday, January 28, 2023 @ 9:00 am – 4:00 pm EST

$75 – Zoom, link is emailed a few days before

Tara Faughnan – tarafaughnan.com

Tara Faughnan’s Zoom workshop is titled, “Color Interaction.” Playing with color is one of the most rewarding aspects of quilt making. It can be fun, intuitive, challenging and at times frustrating. In this class, we will explore how colors play off one another and delve into the importance of value. Students will start with a variety of quick exercises, and move on to sewing small color studies that can be combined to make a larger quilt.

Workshop Payment

  • To signup and pay via credit card: click here.
  • To signup and pay by check:  first EMAIL  kathytuttle9@gmail.com with your workshop choice and then mail your check (payable to Northern Star Quilters’ Guild):  Kathy Tuttle, 9 Coventry Circle, Mahopac, NY  10541.
– All workshop sign-ups are subject to availability, no refunds unless workshop is cancelled or already filled.
– Please be sure your NSQG membership is up-to-date (click here to renew or join) before registering as a member for a workshop.
– Non-members are welcome (based on availability) for an increased fee, usually $20.
Class confirmation and supply list will be emailed when payment is received.
To check on availability or with any questions, email Kathy Tuttle,  kathytuttle9@gmail.com.

Quilt Show Update

World of Quilts XLII
May 6th – May 7th, 2023
SUNY Purchase College, Physical Education Building
  • Guest Speaker – Meg Cox
  • Invitational – to be announced soon!
  • The Quilt Raffle is happening now – benefitting Sparrow’s Nest – holiday gatherings are a great opportunity to sell tickets for this stunning quilt!
  • Quilt Registration begins in January – are you working on your entries?
  • Additional Event Raffles will feature a BERNINA Sewing Machine and more!
Our committee needs an Event Raffle Coordinator.  The position is available immediately. 
WE NEED YOU!
Sign-on Benefits
   * 90% remote work
   * opportunity to showcase your creative side
   * immediate friends (the rest of the committee welcomes you!)
   * fulfill your Quilt Show volunteer hours responsibility
   * help us increase our income to offset show expenses
Contact Lisa Alfonzetti @ nsqgworldofquilts@gmail.com

Charitable Activities

Blue Lightning

Raffle ticket packets were distributed at the November meeting.  Please return your paid ticket stubs to me, I will be at the sign -in table. You can also purchase your tickets online using your credit card and I will fill out the stubs for you. The link is https://nsqg.formstack.com/forms/nsqg_charity_raffle  Proceeds benefit the charity Sparrow’s Nest of Wappingers Falls.

Blue Lightning is a Queen Size Quilt coordinated by Rosemary De Paola and a group of Guild members: Nancy Picco, Kathy Keane, Althea Nolan, Dee Plouffe, Patricia Loquet and quilted by Angela Vertucci.

Dee Plouffe, charitable@nothernstarquilters.com

Help make quilts for charities - All members are welcome.

Comfort Quilts to Maria Ferari NICU

Projected Comfort Quilts dates for the rest of 2022:

– Dec. 7
– Dec 21 (special holiday gathering,12-2pm, contact Patricia Loquet for details)

Projected Comfort Quilts dates for 2023:

– January 4 & 18
– February 1 & 15
– March 1 & 15
– April  5 & 19
– May 10 & 24  (2nd & 4th Wednesdays)
– June 7 & 21

We meet at North Salem Volunteer Ambulance Corps, 14 Daniel Rd. North Salem, from 10 to 2pm.
Bring lunch or a snack if you’d like a food break at your seat.
(All recommended vaccinations required.)
Last minute cancellations do happen, so if in doubt or coming for the first time please check.
Contact Karen Carlson or Carol Auer for information.

CQ November Quilts

Membership

Hi everyone,

We look forward to seeing you in-person this month before our winter zoom meetings begin. New name tags are available for new members as well as for anyone who would like a replacement for their old one. For those of you who weren’t at the November meeting, the new badges can be clipped onto a jacket or you can attach your own ribbon and hang it around your neck; no more pin holes to damage your clothing!  Please email  membership@northernstarquilters.com or place your name on the request list that will be on the Membership table at the December meeting.
Don’t forget that this will be your last chance to pick up your badge before the next in-person meeting in March.

If you are a new member and haven’t picked up your NSQG Welcome packet, please stop by the Membership table to pick up yours. We’d love to meet you!

The PDF version of the 2022-2023 Membership Directory has been emailed, check your Spam folders if not received.

As we approach the last NSQG meeting of 2022, we want to wish each and every one of you happy holidays and a new year filled with peace, hope and joy!

Joanne Visovsky and Carol Sterk, membership@northernstarquilters.com

Super Saturday - February 18

February 18th
9:00am – 3:00pm

Ossining High School
4 Wolden Road
Ossining, NY.
(GPS address for entrance&parking)

Every year around the end of February, Guild members get together for a fun and productive Saturday.  Several Guild members share their talents by teaching classes on various techniques and projects.
A deli style lunch is provided.

The fee is $25.00, payable at signup.
(non-refundable unless the event is cancelled or your class selection is already full)

Review the lineup below and signup to get your favorite class!

You can always review the latest class info on our website
Super Saturday event page

Linda Stern and Annette Nash Govan, supersaturday@northernstarquilters.com

Signup and pay by check (payable to Northern Star Quilters Guild) at the December guild meeting
– OR –
Signup by emailing supersaturday@northernstarquilters.com with your class request and to get check payment instructions
– OR –
Signup online and pay by credit card – click HERE.

Nancy Mirman - The Doctor Is In - Sit n Sew

Nancy Mirman-The (quilt) Doctor is In!

Bring your own project – Have a UFO? –  Sit N Sew with Nancy.

Do you have a project on which you are stuck?  Or maybe you have a photograph that you want to make into a quilt, and you don’t know how to start.  From how to make a quilt lie flat, how to make mitered corners, putting on a binding the correct way – Nancy can help you.  Nancy has been a member of the Guild since 1985 and taught quilting at The Country Quilter for almost 20 years.

Rona Spar - Japanese Rice Bag

Rona Spar – Japanese Rice Bag

Each participant will complete a simple Japanese Rice Bag. Then the students will choose a more complicated bag to make in the second half of the class.

Jennifer Kramer - Portrait Making

Jennifer Kramer – Portrait Making

We will learn the steps to start a portrait from a photograph that you will bring with you. No sewing machine for this class!

Carolyn Salon - Piec-lique Curves

Carolyn Salon – Piec-lique Curves

This is a technique workshop where you learn a way to piece curves and all shapes into pictures. Our picture will be MOON RIVER out of Sharon Schamber’s book, Piec-lique.  This technique can be used in several different ways in quilting.

Meg Mooar - Improv Circles

Meg Mooar – Improv Circles

Learn to cut, sew and press free-form quarter circle units to compose an improv drunkard’s path quilt. We will be experimenting with multi cuts, squiggly cuts and “cogs”. A sewing machine with a knee or auto lift presser foot is required.

Patricia Loquet - Arabic Lattice

Patricia Loquet – Arabic Lattice

Arabic Lattice is a traditional pattern and is perfect for confident beginners as well as more advanced quilters.  The pattern makes large 11” blocks.  The finished size of the quilt is 53″X64″ including borders.  The block consists of a 4-patch around which the lattice triangles are sewn.  A template is used for the lattice pieces and a partial seam is used to sew the four lattice triangles to the 4-patch.   The template is large and very easy to use.  The template will be supplied by me.  You may not think you want to use a template but believe me these blocks go together very quickly.  And partial seams are very easy, especially with such large pieces.

Tamar Drucker - The Magic of Transparency

Tamar Drucker – The Magic of Transparency

Have you ever considered working with transparent fabrics?  Whatever your style is, adding transparent areas to your work can add magic, softness, and interest.
In this workshop we will learn different ways of creating transparent areas in your quilt.  They can be within the quilt, or at the edges.  We will create a sample piece that has an inner transparent area as well as transparent extensions.

Member Notices:

(Members may request a short personal post, quilting related; contact news@northernstarquilters.com)

Nancy Mirman, at this month’s holiday boutique,  will be selling clothing made from her wearable art pattern business.  There will be vests, jackets, bags and some hand knit scarves.

Maria Weinstein  is selling her self-air threading L890 Bernina serger, contact her at tatavw01@yahoo.com.

Harlan Sexton‘s Quilt of Valor group is selling raffle tickets for its 2026 Fabric Fundraiser. Grand prize is a striking patriotic quilt (made by the group and longarmed by guild member Debra Oaks). Contact Harlan by Dec. 5 to purchase a $10 ticket: harlan.sexton1@gmail.com or (516) 662 2953.

Barbara Glab is exhibiting quilts at the Ossining Library in December.  She is also looking for someone to repair a vintage quilt, contact 914-837-829,3 or barbaraglab@att.net.

-- UPCOMING --

View Calendar

Area Quilt Shows

Area Guilds offering Programs

Whether you’re a new or renewing member, check out our Buddy Program if you would like a ‘buddy’ to show you the ropes around the guild.  Be sure to pick up your name pin button or make your own NSQG fabric name badge, pattern HERE.

If you know any member of the guild who is in need of a little ‘sunshine’ for illness, sympathy, or any other reason, please contact secretary@northernstarquilters.com so the guild can send a card.

Requests on how to make a donation to the guild to honor a member or support an activity are occasionally received. Such requests may now be accomplished via our website, where we have set up a Donate box on our home page, click on Make a Donation.

Guild bylaws and policies are available to members on our website or by request to the secretary@northernstarquilters.com.
Guild financial reports are available to members by annual email or by request to the treasurer@northernstarquilters.com.

Send Guild newsletter updates and photos as well as info on local quilt activities and shows to news@northernstarquilters.com and photos for Instagram and Facebook are always welcome at social@northernstarquilters.com.

Follow and Share NSQG activities on Facebook  and Instagram   –   @northernstarquilters

Area Quilt Related Shops

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27 Oct, 2022

President’s Message – 11/22

2022-10-28T08:21:54-04:00President's Message|

Scissor Man

October’s meeting was great fun with 72 members present.  We were entertained by guest lecturer Linda Hahn and six members took her workshop the following day.  The Comfort Quilt Summer Challenge Raffle was a success: we collected over $300 so there were three quilt winners.  It was not easy for the raffle winners to choose a quilt because of the beautiful display.   Ohhh … and many of us went home with sharp scissors!

The last shipment of more than 170 quilts has reached Ukraine and it was heartwarming to see photos confirming this information.  Quilts were donated by members of this guild, NYC Metro Mod, a guild from Long Island, a group from Cape Cod and other individuals.  Thank you all for your generosity!  (Notice the photo with a NSQG Comfort Quilt label.)

Our planned retreat at the Center at Mariandale is scheduled for February 3-5 (Friday afternoon through Sunday afternoon).  The price is $230 which includes room and board, six meals, snacks and beverages, and plenty of sewing time. To sum it all up – a weekend of camaraderie, relaxation and fun! If you definitely want to attend, please email jodysull@optonline.net and margy52@gmail.com

We look forward to seeing you again at Kennedy on Wednesday, November 16.  Please bring a Show and Tell and sign up at the entry.  Also bring “ugly fabrics” in a bag or box and drop off with Rosemary DePaola.

Make it a habit to check our website, northernstarquilters.com to see what else is happening, check under the menu heading ‘Happenings’, review the event calendar items, or click on the ‘Quick Links’ entry.  You can see samples and descriptions for the February 18th Super Saturday classes by clicking on the Super Saturday links.

See you soon!
Margaret Cibulsky and Jody Sullivan, co-presidents

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27 Oct, 2022

Latest News – 11/22

2023-04-08T20:21:15-04:00Latest News|

Ukraine Quilts

A recent communication from Ukraine with photos (some of our quilts)!  

Quilts arrived in Ukraine

“We got blankets!  These are beautiful handmade blankets. The quilts have personal inscriptions from the women who sewed them.  Our workers and refugees were very touched and expressed their sincere thanks.  Ukraine & USA together to Victory!
Best wishes, Dmytro”

World of Quilts - May 6 & 7, 2023

It’s not too late to get involved with the World of Quilts!

Monthly committee meetings have begun, and there are many “helper” positions available.  A great way to get involved without too much pressure – you will be working with a seasoned committee member, learning more about all the behind the scenes work that is involved.  The Quilt Show Committee is a wonderful group of members who pitch in with all their talents to help us put on a great quilt show.

May 2022 was great!
May 2023 will be even better but WE NEED YOU!

Don’t wait, email now:  quiltshow@northernstarquilters.com
Lisa Alfonzetti, VP Quilt Show

Metropolis Sunrise is up!

The “Metropolis Sunrise” Project, the quilt-like fabric sculpture designed by Amanda Browder, was unveiled on the ArtsWestchester building at 31 Mamaroneck Avenue, White Plains, on October 22.   One thousand volunteers — including many Guild members — helped to cut, pin and sew 10,000 square feet of fabric into this six-story-high display, ArtsWestchester’ s largest work ever of participatory public art.  It will be on view until the end of November.
All who volunteered on Metropolis Sunrise are invited for a brunch and group photo, Nov.6, 11am, ArtsWestchester Gallery, 31 Mamaroneck Ave, White Plains, NY.

It’s up!

From 2020 NSQG Sewing Day at Kennedy-Sewing (and sewing…) into long panels

From 2020 NSQG Sewing Day – Fabric sewn into long strips

Comfort Quilts Summer Project Raffle

$310 was raised in support of guild activities, three winners got to chose their favorite quilt from our ‘As Requested’ summer quilt project.
Thanks to all who participated!

Margaret, quilt by Karen Carlson and Carol Auer

Dee, quilt by Chris Roche

Kate, quilt by Louise Baptiste

Help make quilts for charities - All members are welcome.

Projected Comfort Quilts dates for the rest of 2022:
– Nov. 9 and 30 (2nd and 5th Wednesdays)
– Dec. 7 and 21 (1st and 3rd Wednesdays)

We meet at North Salem Volunteer Ambulance Corps, 14 Daniel Rd. North Salem, from 10 to 2pm.
Bring lunch or a snack if you’d like a food break at your seat.
(All recommended vaccinations required.)
Last minute cancellations do happen, so if in doubt or coming for the first time please check.

Quilts R Us !

Charitable Activities

2023 Raffle Quilt

Ticket booklets will be distributed at our November 16th meeting, can be picked up at Comfort Quilts or mailed. Please help by picking up packets for members who are unable to attend meetings. Raffle tickets are for the beautiful queen size quilt, Blue Lightning. Proceeds will benefit Sparrow’s Nest of Wappingers Falls, NY.

2024 Raffle Quilt

If you didn’t return your block kit at the October meeting please do so in November or contact Carol or Karen to mail them in.

Dee Plouffe, charitable@nothernstarquilters.com

Workshop-Contemporary Quilting with Your Walking Food

*** Limited Space – Contact Kathy about availability

Thursday, November 17 @ 9:00 am – 3:00 pm EST

$65

Marge Tucker  –  margetuckerquilts.com/about

This in-person workshop is titled Unmarked – Contemporary Quilting with your Walking Foot.

You can do so much innovative quilting JUST with your walking foot! I will show you my method of quilting with your walking foot that involves little or no marking but still results in spectacular quilting.

I start with the basics, such as batting choices, thread, needles and how to secure the quilting stitches. Then, we start quilting with straight lines and move to curved quilting lines and spirals on your practice quilt sandwiches. For both the straight line and curved quilting, I will show you many designs and variations you can use to great effect. I will also have some of my quilts as examples, including “Burst” which received the award Best Machine Quilting (Frameless) at QuiltCon 2019. This class will change the way you think about your walking foot!

Workshop Payment

  • To signup and pay via credit card: click here.
  • To signup and pay by check:  first EMAIL  kathytuttle9@gmail.com with your workshop choice and then mail your check (payable to Northern Star Quilters’ Guild):  Kathy Tuttle, 9 Coventry Circle, Mahopac, NY  10541.
– All workshop sign-ups are subject to availability, no refunds unless workshop is cancelled or overfilled.
– Please be sure your NSQG membership is up-to-date (click here to renew or join) before registering as a member for a workshop.
– Non-members are welcome (based on availability) for an increased fee, usually $20.
Class confirmation and supply list will be emailed when payment is received.
To check on availability or with any questions, email Kathy Tuttle,  kathytuttle9@gmail.com.

One of the quilts from Linda’s trunk show -To see more, click HERE

New York Beauty blocks from Linda’s workshop

Membership

Joanne Visovsky and Carol Sterk, Membership

Member Notices:

(Members may request a short personal post, quilting related; contact news@northernstarquilters.com)

Nancy Mirman, at this month’s holiday boutique,  will be selling clothing made from her wearable art pattern business.  There will be vests, jackets, bags and some hand knit scarves.

Maria Weinstein  is selling her self-air threading L890 Bernina serger, contact her at tatavw01@yahoo.com.

Harlan Sexton‘s Quilt of Valor group is selling raffle tickets for its 2026 Fabric Fundraiser. Grand prize is a striking patriotic quilt (made by the group and longarmed by guild member Debra Oaks). Contact Harlan by Dec. 5 to purchase a $10 ticket: harlan.sexton1@gmail.com or (516) 662 2953.

Barbara Glab is exhibiting quilts at the Ossining Library in December.  She is also looking for someone to repair a vintage quilt, contact 914-837-829,3 or barbaraglab@att.net.

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Area Quilt Shows

Area Guilds offering Programs

Area Quilt Related Shops

Whether you’re a new or renewing member, check out our Buddy Program if you would like a ‘buddy’ to show you the ropes around the guild.  Be sure to pick up your name pin button or make your own NSQG fabric name badge, pattern HERE.

If you know any member of the guild who is in need of a little ‘sunshine’ for illness, sympathy, or any other reason, please contact secretary@northernstarquilters.com so the guild can send a card.

Requests on how to make a donation to the guild to honor a member or support an activity are occasionally received. Such requests may now be accomplished via our website, where we have set up a Donate box on our home page, click on Make a Donation.

Guild bylaws and policies are available to members on our website or by request to the secretary@northernstarquilters.com.
Guild financial reports are available to members by annual email or by request to the treasurer@northernstarquilters.com.

Send Guild newsletter updates and photos as well as info on local quilt activities and shows to news@northernstarquilters.com and photos for Instagram and Facebook are always welcome at social@northernstarquilters.com.

Follow and Share NSQG activities on Facebook  and Instagram   –   @northernstarquilters

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1 Oct, 2022

President’s Message – 10/22

2022-10-01T07:37:29-04:00President's Message|

Despite several unexpected “technical” difficulties, we had a wonderful start to our new guild season. It was good to see new faces and to welcome back the “old” ones. We had 76 folks sign in and perhaps missed a few of you. (By the way, the fee for guest visitors was raised to $15 in case you missed that announcement.) Also, if you haven’t yet renewed or have a photo or update for the directory, please do so NOW! You can go online or contact Joanne Visovsky.

We’re always inspired by the many and varied talents revealed at Show and Tell! Be brave! Bring something to share and put your name on the Show and Tell clipboard near the sign in sheets as you enter the cafeteria. If we have a long agenda, we may have to limit you to one item, but we love seeing it ALL.

Bring any scissors/shears you want sharpened to the October meeting. Use masking tape to label each pair with your name or initials. Do not place scissors/ shears in any type of bag, container or holster.
Price: $8 for either large or small

There will be a new regular feature at our monthly meetings called “The Doctor Is In”.  Nancy Mirman will be at one of the tables and you can bring any quilting question to her for help – from how to make a quilt lie flat to how to go from a picture to a quilt.  Nancy has been a member of the Guild since 1985 and taught quilting at The Country Quilter for almost 20 years.

We have many upcoming events.  Remember information about all our activities is available on our website pages.

  • At our October meeting we’ll have the Comfort Quilts “Summer Challenge” Raffle.  Members of CQ will be displaying finished quilts for all to see and take a chance on.
  • April Russell is overseeing the Guild Challenge of “Card Tricks”.
  • Linda Stern and Annette Nash Govan are organizing Super Saturday, February 18, at Ossining High School.
  • Linda Finnegan and Rosemary DePaola are running the Ugly Fabric collection and auction for the March meeting. Start bringing in your “ugly” fabric now, quarter yard minimum.
  • April Russell is overseeing the Guild Challenge of “Card Tricks”.
  • We (your co-presidents) are organizing a quilting retreat at Mariandale Retreat Center the first weekend in February, Friday the 3rd thru Sunday the 5th. There will be a minimum of 10 and right now a maximum of 15 participants (with a waiting list if more spots become available). The cost is $230 prepaid which includes meals from dinner Friday evening through lunch on Sunday. Sign up details will follow.

Wouldn’t you like to be in charge of something where all the work is done?!? If you noticed, all five previously mentioned activities are up and running. It would be great to have ONE (or 2) member(s) to oversee these guild activities. Of course we wouldn’t limit you from creating and/or introducing even more fun ideas. Volunteers welcome!

Looking forward to seeing you October 19 at Kennedy Catholic if not before.

Margaret Cibulsky and Jody Sullivan, co-presidents

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1 Oct, 2022

Latest News – 10/22

2022-10-03T13:47:46-04:00Latest News|

Comfort Quilts

Some CQ September Quilts

Comfort Quilts October Show n Tell and Quilt Raffle

Each summer we offer a different ‘challenge’ to Comfort Quilters.  It started as a way to use up scraps or excess fabrics or fabrics that were being overlooked.  This year’s theme was ‘As Requested’ –  each quilter selected a color and motif and received a packet of fabrics based on their request.

The finished quilts are displayed at the October meeting ; one quilt is raffled off for every $100 raised,  $100+ = 1 quilt, $200+ = 2 quilts, $300+ = 3 quilts.  Money raised supports our guild activities.
Tickets are $5 each so bring your $$$.  We’ve never hit $400, maybe this is the year!

For a stroll down CQ memory lane, here are past challenges:

2021 Plaid Tidings – plaid and white packs
2020 Salt and Pepper – packs of off-whites and off-blacks
2019 Fat Quarter Fun – pick 2 FQ packs
2018 Roll Your Own – pack of 2 Jelly Rolls
2017 Kit Parade – grab bag of CQ kits
2016 Gotta Love It! – pick your own focus fabric and receive coordinating fabrics plus a solid
2015 It’s A Boy! – pack of fabric for larger size masculine style quilts
2014 White Lightning – pack of fabric white backgrounds
2013 Black Magic – pack of fabric with black backgrounds
2012 No BACKsies – ready-made backs with coordinating fabric
2011 Ronald McDonald House Donation- queen size quilts /build-a-block finishing
2010 Use it and Lose it!  – pick from odd blocks and 30’s fabrics and set using Twist N Turn
2009 Medallion Center Quilts – frame out pillow squares and other fabric panels
2008 Layer Cake – pack of 10″ squares
2007 Ronald McDonald House Donation – 8” block quilts
2006 Jewel Box Mystery Quilt
2005 Christmas Fabrics
2004 Strip Tease – bundles of strips

Help make quilts for charities!  Check out our Comfort Quilts page.  All members are welcome.

Projected Comfort Quilts dates for the rest of 2022 :

  • Oct. 12 and 26 (2nd and 4th Wednesdays)
  • Nov. 9 and 30 (2nd and 5th Wednesdays)
  • Dec. 7 and 21 (1st and 3rd Wednesdays)

We meet at North Salem Volunteer Ambulance Corps, 14 Daniel Rd. North Salem, from 10 to 2pm.
Bring lunch or a snack if you’d like a food break at your seat.
(All recommended vaccinations required.)
Last minute cancellations do happen, so if in doubt or coming for the first time please check.

Contact Carol Auer or Karen Carlson or comfortquilts@northernstarquilters.com to join in making Comfort Quilts or to make a charity quilt request or to donate fabric.

Charitable Activities

2023 Raffle Quilt

The proceeds from our 2023 raffle quilt, Blue Lightning, will go to the Sparrow’s Nest of Wappingers Falls NY.  Please support this amazing charity that delivers homemade meals weekly to families facing a cancer diagnosis.  Tickets will be distributed at our November 16th meeting, picked up at Comfort Quilt meetings, or mailed.

2024 Raffle Quilt

Block kits for our 2024 Raffle Quilt were distributed at our September meeting. Please sew and return them no later than the October meeting. Thank you Carol Auer and Karen Carlson for coordinating the 2024 Raffle Quilt.

Dee Plouffe, charitable@nothernstarquilters.com

Workshop-Wicked Wahini

Thursday, October 20 @ 9:00 am – 4:00 pm EDT

$60

Linda Hahn – froghollowdesigns.com

In-person Workshop:  Wicked Wahini design is only available through a workshop with Linda.  She will teach how to use her One Pin technique to perfect your New York Beauty blocks on the first attempt.  Linda will also demonstrate how to make a miniature version using the scraps and cutaways from making the larger project.

Kits are available for a fee of $28.00.  The kit contains custom foundation paper that can be left in the quilt, custom acrylic templates, a re-use.able foundation piecing stencil and a full color handout.  Pigma brush tips are available in class ($3 black or $4 color).

Workshop-Contemporary Quilting with Your Walking Food

Thursday, November 17 @ 9:00 am – 3:00 pm EST

$65

Marge Tucker  –  margetuckerquilts.com/about

This in-person workshop is titled Unmarked – Contemporary Quilting with your Walking Foot.

You can do so much innovative quilting JUST with your walking foot! I will show you my method of quilting with your walking foot that involves little or no marking but still results in spectacular quilting.

I start with the basics, such as batting choices, thread, needles and how to secure the quilting stitches. Then, we start quilting with straight lines and move to curved quilting lines and spirals on your practice quilt sandwiches. For both the straight line and curved quilting, I will show you many designs and variations you can use to great effect. I will also have some of my quilts as examples, including “Burst” which received the award Best Machine Quilting (Frameless) at QuiltCon 2019. This class will change the way you think about your walking foot!

Workshop Payment

  • To signup and pay via credit card: click here.
  • To signup and pay by check:  first EMAIL  kathytuttle9@gmail.com with your workshop choice and then mail your check (payable to Northern Star Quilters’ Guild):  Kathy Tuttle, 9 Coventry Circle, Mahopac, NY  10541.
– All workshop sign-ups are subject to availability, no refunds unless workshop is cancelled or overfilled.
– Please be sure your NSQG membership is up-to-date (click here to renew or join) before registering as a member for a workshop.
– Non-members are welcome (based on availability) for an increased fee, usually $20.
Class confirmation and supply list will be emailed when payment is received.
To check on availability or with any questions, email Kathy Tuttle,  kathytuttle9@gmail.com.

Membership

Greetings to all!

The good news is that we have added 22 new members to our guild since last year.  The following people have joined our ranks since the last newsletter:  Beth Larsen of Croton,  Christine Bunke of Fishkill, Joan Galanin of Yorktown Heights, Beverly Golisano of North Salem, Lynn Kaufteil of Rye, Betty Moulton of Brewster and Laura Demos of New Fairfield.  We’d like to welcome each of you to Northern Star!  This is a guild that is open to all styles of quilting. We encourage you to find your niche and get involved!

If you are one of those people who haven’t yet renewed your membership, please don’t forget that your registration must be received by October 5 to be included in the hard copy of the 2022-2023 Membership Directory and receive our monthly newsletters and emails.  Of course, you will still be listed in the online version of the directory if you miss the deadline and resubscribed to our emails. The goal of this change is to insure that members have up-to-date information earlier in the year so that they can better communicate with each other.  The directories will be available at the October meeting. Don’t forget to pick up your copy at the membership table when you sign in.

For those of you who aren’t fans of the old membership name badges, you have a treat in store! Going forward, new members and any other members who would like one will be issued  heavy duty plastic badges with clips, ribbons can be added if you prefer to wear around your neck.  Please let Joanne know if you would like one. She will have your new badge ready at the October meeting.

Joanne Visovsky and Carol Sterk, Membership

Don’t Miss the October 5th Deadline – Renew Here Now

World of Quilts - May 6 & 7, 2023

Preparation for World of Quilts XLII begins now!

If you are interested in joining the committee or want to know how you can help, please email me or call me!
Thank you!
Lisa Alfonzetti
nsqgworldofquilts@gmail.com
(914) 263-5344

Member Notices:

(Members may request a short personal post, quilting related; contact news@northernstarquilters.com)

Nancy Mirman, at this month’s holiday boutique,  will be selling clothing made from her wearable art pattern business.  There will be vests, jackets, bags and some hand knit scarves.

Maria Weinstein  is selling her self-air threading L890 Bernina serger, contact her at tatavw01@yahoo.com.

Harlan Sexton‘s Quilt of Valor group is selling raffle tickets for its 2026 Fabric Fundraiser. Grand prize is a striking patriotic quilt (made by the group and longarmed by guild member Debra Oaks). Contact Harlan by Dec. 5 to purchase a $10 ticket: harlan.sexton1@gmail.com or (516) 662 2953.

Barbara Glab is exhibiting quilts at the Ossining Library in December.  She is also looking for someone to repair a vintage quilt, contact 914-837-829,3 or barbaraglab@att.net.

Area Quilt Shows

Area Guilds offering Programs

Area Quilt Related Shops

Whether you’re a new or renewing member, check out our Buddy Program if you would like a ‘buddy’ to show you the ropes around the guild.  Be sure to pick up your name pin button or make your own NSQG fabric name badge, pattern HERE.

If you know any member of the guild who is in need of a little ‘sunshine’ for illness, sympathy, or any other reason, please contact secretary@northernstarquilters.com so the guild can send a card.

Requests on how to make a donation to the guild to honor a member or support an activity are occasionally received. Such requests may now be accomplished via our website, where we have set up a Donate box on our home page, click on Make a Donation.

Guild bylaws and policies are available to members on our website or by request to the secretary@northernstarquilters.com.
Guild financial reports are available to members by annual email or by request to the treasurer@northernstarquilters.com.

Send Guild newsletter updates and photos as well as info on local quilt activities and shows to news@northernstarquilters.com and photos for Instagram and Facebook are always welcome at social@northernstarquilters.com.

Follow and Share NSQG activities on Facebook  and Instagram   –   @northernstarquilters

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1 Sep, 2022

President’s Message – 09/22

2022-09-13T15:50:11-04:00President's Message|

Welcome back!  It’s hard to believe that our hot and dry summer is almost over.  We hope you had a restful summer and were also able to get in some happy sewing time.  Let’s make it an exciting year!  Greetings to several new members who have joined us and to those of you returning.  If you haven’t renewed your membership, now is the time!

Our first in-person meeting is Wednesday, September 21, at Kennedy Catholic HS in Somers from 6:00-8:30.  Hospitality will be providing cookies, be sure to buy tickets at the Table Raffle.  Think about one Show and Tell you might share which helps everyone to better know our members.  Then prepare to learn from our guest lecturer, Deborah Kalenty, who will hold a workshop the next day at Millwood Fire Co#1 from 9:00-3:00.  There is still room for members to sign up for her “Love Links” workshop before we publicize it widely.

We’d like to announce that we have received a $3000 grant from ArtsWestchester to assist with funding our 2022 programs and quilt show, with many thanks for the efforts of Anne Chehebar and Susan Fasnacht.

This year we are excited to invite you to participate in a quilting retreat weekend at The Center at Mariandale in Ossining.  We have attended retreats there for years with our other guild (NYCMetroMod) and have loved every single one.  It is scheduled for the first weekend in February.  There is a minimum number required to reserve our space (as well as a cut-off number).   Details will follow at our meeting and in a future email.

Do you have scissors that need sharpening?  We have a contact who is good and is willing to come during a meeting with his equipment.  We’ll ask for a show of hands during our next meeting to gauge interest.   Prices: $10 large, $8 small.

The Ugly Fabric auction will resume and it’s already time to start gathering your donations!  Because our January and February meetings are on Zoom, we will start collecting fabric in the Fall.

We plan to resume Super Saturday this February or March – stay tuned for details.

If you signed up for the “Card Tricks” Guild Challenge, we hope you’ve been “shuffling” your skills and designs and coming up with a winning card!  This is an opportunity for some members to have their quilts displayed in an AQS Show in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Comfort Quilts Summer Challenge and Quilt Raffle will be presented in October.  If you’ve not been able to come to one of our CQ sewing days, please come to one of our upcoming CQ meetings or check out Comfort Quilts at our meeting.

One hundred and forty quilts, made and donated by our members and many other guilds and groups, were successfully delivered to Ukraine.  We’ve seen photos as the boxes were being received and opened.  Since then, we’ve been asked to make quilts for a Ukrainian orphanage in the Carpathian Mountains.  We are nearly ready to send out another delivery.

We need someone to step up and “oversee” the Activities Committee.  The subcommittees are already operating under leaders.  A coordinator would be most helpful.   Please volunteer if you want to do something to help the guild.

Details on these various activities follow in the Latest News section.  Don’t hesitate to contact us if you have questions, suggestions or want to volunteer in any capacity, our personal emails are in your member directory.  In the meantime, continue to enjoy your summer!

Happy Quilting!  See you soon!
Margaret Cibulsky and Jody Sullivan

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Latest News – 09/22

2022-09-02T14:06:50-04:00Latest News|

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World of Quilts - May 6 & 7, 2023

Preparation for World of Quilts XLII begins now!

The show will be May 6th and 7th in 2023, SUNY Purchase Gymnasium.  As we return to our new location for the second year, we want to make the show even better!

HELP WANTED!!

If you are interested in joining the committee, we have some key positions open:

  • Registrar Assistant – Work with Marie Sugar and learn the ropes of this fun job, in preparation to take charge of it in 2024.  On the job training with the expert!
  • Judging Assistant – Work with Jane Eyes and learn the ins and outs of how the Judging Process works.  The assistant will hopefully take over Judging for the 2024 show.
  • Quilt Show Layout – Work with Vendor and Quilt Hanging Committee to calculate rental equipment needed for the show.  Susan Fasnacht has offered to be available for guidance and advice.  We have the 2022 layout to work from, so it is not an overwhelming task, but a very important one!
  • Show Photographer – Grab your camera and document the weekend
  • Concession – coordinate the food concession the weekend of the show
  • “TBD” Additional Fundraising Chairman – This may end up being Silent Auction, Basket Raffle – we are looking for ideas to generate additional income at the show.  You will have the support of the entire Show Committee as we work out the details – we have several ideas already brewing.

We will hold a monthly one-hour meeting via Zoom for the entire committee to share updates.  And there may possibly be some smaller meetings as people pursue different tasks related to the show.  My experience after my first year as committee chairperson was that it is a total team effort, with everyone pitching in to help make the show a lot of fun and a success.

If you are interested in joining the committee, please email me or call me!
Thank you!
Lisa Alfonzetti
nsqgworldofquilts@gmail.com
(914) 263-5344

Charitable Activities

2023 Raffle Quilt – Blue Lightning

2023 Charity – Sparrow’s Nest

Congratulations to Sparrow’s Nest, our charitable organization for next year’s raffle recipient.  Thank you to Rosemary DePaola for nominating this wonderful organization. Sparrow’s Nest mission is to feed families facing a cancer diagnosis in Westchester, Putnam, Orange, Dutchess and Ulster Counties. They are located in Wappingers Falls. Homemade meals are delivered to families weekly.

‘Blue Lightning’ is a queen size quilt coordinated by Rosemary DePaola and by Guild members Nancy Picco, Kathy Keane, Althea Nolan, Dee Plouffe’, and Patricia Loquet and beautifully quilted by Angela Vertucci.  The quilt will be displayed at our September guild meeting. Tickets will be distributed at our November meeting.

2024 Raffle Quilt

Carol Auer and Karen Carlson will be coordinating the 2024 Raffle Quilt, a modern variation of half square triangles using neutral and pastel Cherrywood fabrics.

Block kits will be available at the September meeting, to be sewn and returned no later than the October meeting.

Dee Plouffe, charitable@nothernstarquilters.com

Comfort Quilts

For an end-of-year graduating project, the students in Marty White’s eighth-grade class at St. Joseph’s School in Bronxville sewed quilt blocks with the theme, “Memories of St. Joe’s.” Here are some of those young quilters in front of their colorful quilt. Comfort Quilters Rosemary dePaola, Kathy Keane and Anne Chehebar helped assemble the blocks.

Help make quilts for charities! 

Besides the wonderful camaraderie, Comfort Quilts is a place where new quilters can receive guidance and seasoned quilters can learn new techniques. We welcome all interested members, so consider joining the fun! We make lap-size quilts for hospitals, shelters, individuals in need of comfort, and charity fundraisers.  We meet at North Salem Volunteer Ambulance Corps, 14 Daniel Rd. North Salem, from 10 to 2pm.   All members are welcome. Thank you to Karen Carlson and Carol Auer for organizing this group.

Projected Comfort Quilts Dates for the rest of 2022 :

  • Sept. 14 and 28  (2nd and 4th Wednesdays)
  • Oct. 12 and 26 (2nd and 4th Wednesdays)
  • Nov. 9 and 30 (2nd and 5th Wednesdays)
  • Dec. 7 and 21 (1st and 3rd Wednesdays)
Bring lunch or a snack to eat for a food break at your seat.
(All recommended vaccinations required.)
Last minute cancellations do happen, so if in doubt or coming for the first time please check.

Contact comfortquilts@northernstarquilters.com to join in making Comfort Quilts or to make charity quilt requests or to donate fabric.

Comfort Quilters have been busy over the summer!

  

North Salem Volunteer Ambulance Corps, CQ’s meeting host, asked in August if we had a bed quilt we could donate to their September Barn Dance and Silent Auction Fundraiser; we did not but CQ’ers rose to the occasion creating this scrappy bed quilt in record time.

Workshop - Love Links

Thursday, September 22 @ 9:00 am – 3:00 pm EDT

$80

Love Links – Flying Geese – Wing Clipper

Debbie Kalenty is a certified instructor for Studio 180, Tucker Time Tools.

Love Links From Studio 180 Designs (In-person Workshop):  Interlocking chevrons make a fun and unique looking quilt. A difficult looking design is made easy using flying geese, making this a quick and easy quilt to master.

– Eight project sizes (choose the size you would like to make):
13″ x 14″ / 26″ x 28″ / 39″ x 42″ / 52″ x 56″ / 65″ x 70″ / 78″ x 84″ / 91″ x 98″ / 104″ x 112″

– Fabric: 2 colors, colors and background
– Required tool –  Wing Clipper I( a tool for trimming flying geese) $26
– Required pattern –  Love Links $9
– Items are available for purchase at the workshop.

Workshop-Wicked Wahini

Thursday, October 20 @ 9:00 am – 4:00 pm EDT

$60

Linda Hahn – froghollowdesigns.com

In-person Workshop:  Wicked Wahini design is only available through a workshop with Linda.  She will teach how to use her One Pin technique to perfect your New York Beauty blocks on the first attempt.  Linda will also demonstrate how to make a miniature version using the scraps and cutaways from making the larger project.

Kits are available for a fee of $28.00.  The kit contains custom foundation paper that can be left in the quilt, custom acrylic templates, a re-use.able foundation piecing stencil and a full color handout.  Pigma brush tips are available in class ($3 black or $4 color).

Workshop-Contemporary Quilting with Your Walking Food

Thursday, November 17 @ 9:00 am – 3:00 pm EST

$65

Marge Tucker  –  margetuckerquilts.com/about

This in-person workshop is titled Unmarked – Contemporary Quilting with your Walking Foot.

You can do so much innovative quilting JUST with your walking foot! I will show you my method of quilting with your walking foot that involves little or no marking but still results in spectacular quilting.

I start with the basics, such as batting choices, thread, needles and how to secure the quilting stitches. Then, we start quilting with straight lines and move to curved quilting lines and spirals on your practice quilt sandwiches. For both the straight line and curved quilting, I will show you many designs and variations you can use to great effect. I will also have some of my quilts as examples, including “Burst” which received the award Best Machine Quilting (Frameless) at QuiltCon 2019. This class will change the way you think about your walking foot!

Workshop Payment

  • To signup and pay via credit card: click here.
  • To signup and pay by check:  first EMAIL  kathytuttle9@gmail.com with your workshop choice and then mail your check (payable to Northern Star Quilters’ Guild):  Kathy Tuttle, 9 Coventry Circle, Mahopac, NY  10541.
– All workshop sign-ups are subject to availability, no refunds unless workshop is cancelled or overfilled.
– Please be sure your NSQG membership is up-to-date (click here to renew or join) before registering as a member for a workshop.
– Non-members are welcome (based on availability) for an increased fee, usually $20.
Class confirmation and supply list will be emailed when payment is received.
To check on availability or with any questions, email Kathy Tuttle,  kathytuttle9@gmail.com.

Quilt Challenge - Card Tricks

Hello Everyone!!

I simply can not believe that I am writing this for the September Newsletter – Yikes!!  It just does not seem possible.

Thank you all so very much for your participation in this year’s Challenge – Card Tricks.  I am so excited.  We currently have 25 members playing with us.  So, I still have cards available for those of you who might want to come and play!

I will be heading over to Pins and Needles to meet with Lisa to pick out our binding fabric soon.  Lisa has shared with me some really good options.  Once selected, I will make arrangements for distribution to you.

Many of you have reached out concerning the slightly rounded corners of the Card.  I have worked through several corners and have settled on one that is perfect and easy to work with.  I will share this at the September guild meeting.  And, of course, I will send out an email blast with instructions for all.  So, in short, if you can’t be with us in person in September, no problem.

As always, any questions, please reach out.

Happy Quilting,  April Russell, kadidty@gmail.com

ArtsWestchester

Rendering

Volunteers Needed for ArtsWestchester Monumental Fabric Art Project!

ArtsWestchester and the fabric artist, Amanda Browder, are seeking volunteers to help complete Metropolis Sunrise, the monumental fabric sculpture that will be draped on the front façade of the ArtsWestchester building in downtown White Plains this October.

Pre-pandemic, the Guild held a sewing day at Kennedy Catholic and many Guild members turned out that day, and at other public sewing days, to take part in this special project.

The project is now two-thirds complete with an amazing 6,500 square feet of fabric sewn together by community sewists in Westchester County.  The goal is 10,000 square feet and ArtsWestchester is seeking volunteers to take them over the finish line!

ArtsWestchester has been a very good friend to the Guild, providing generous grants to support our Guild lectures — $3,000 for 2022 alone was just received — and we would love to take part and help them complete this fun and exciting project.  We hope you can help.

Here is some more information about the project and a list of the public sewing days and locations:

A Public Art Vision for White Plains by Amanda Browder

Membership

Membership Renewal

Two Ways to Renew – by check and mail ($45) or by credit card online ($48 includes CC overhead).
If you haven’t already done so, we invite you to renew your membership now.

RENEW – RENEW – RENEW – RENEW – RENEW – RENEW – RENEW
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Membership Update

As of the end of August, guild membership stands at 198. So far, 105 people have renewed for the 2022-2023 year.  Please note that dues need to be paid by the end of September for your membership to remain current.

Please welcome our newest members who joined over the summer. They are Heidi Chandler of Mahopac, Marilyn Grantner of Croton-on-Hudson, Jean Hinrichs of Armonk, Shari Lynn Kochman of Brookfield CT, Kate Longo of White Plains, Sally Olson of Stamford, CT and Sara Richelson of Armonk.

Membership Directory Photo Initiative Continues

Thank you to all those members who have sent in their photos over the past year for inclusion in the NSQG Membership Directory. If you haven’t yet done so, we hope you will consider participating in our ongoing effort to help members connect with one another by including your photo when you register. The more members who participate, the easier it will be for each of us to connect a name with a face.

Picture Options – casual or formal, your choice
*Note:  If you have already sent us your photo, you don’t have to do it, again.
Pictures will be postage stamp size and cropped to include only your face.

– Send in your favorite recent picture of yourself
– Send us a picture taken at a special event (birthday, graduation, wedding, etc.)
– Get together with your quilting friends. You can take turns snapping pictures of each other.
– Use a professional photo
– Try a selfie!

We look forward to seeing you at the September guild meeting.  This will be the first time in three years that the initial meeting of the year has been held in-person at Kennedy Catholic.  That is something to celebrate!

Joanne Visovsky and Carol Sterk, Membership

Member Notices:

(Members may request a short personal post, quilting related; contact news@northernstarquilters.com)

Nancy Mirman, at this month’s holiday boutique,  will be selling clothing made from her wearable art pattern business.  There will be vests, jackets, bags and some hand knit scarves.

Maria Weinstein  is selling her self-air threading L890 Bernina serger, contact her at tatavw01@yahoo.com.

Harlan Sexton‘s Quilt of Valor group is selling raffle tickets for its 2026 Fabric Fundraiser. Grand prize is a striking patriotic quilt (made by the group and longarmed by guild member Debra Oaks). Contact Harlan by Dec. 5 to purchase a $10 ticket: harlan.sexton1@gmail.com or (516) 662 2953.

Barbara Glab is exhibiting quilts at the Ossining Library in December.  She is also looking for someone to repair a vintage quilt, contact 914-837-829,3 or barbaraglab@att.net.

Area Quilt Shows

Area Guilds offering Programs

Area Quilt Related Shops

Whether you’re a new or renewing member, check out our Buddy Program if you would like a ‘buddy’ to show you the ropes around the guild.  Be sure to pick up your name pin button or make your own NSQG fabric name badge, pattern HERE.

If you know any member of the guild who is in need of a little ‘sunshine’ for illness, sympathy, or any other reason, please contact secretary@northernstarquilters.com so the guild can send a card.

Requests on how to make a donation to the guild to honor a member or support an activity are occasionally received. Such requests may now be accomplished via our website, where we have set up a Donate box on our home page, click on Make a Donation.

Guild bylaws and policies are available to members on our website or by request to the secretary@northernstarquilters.com.
Guild financial reports are available to members by annual email or by request to the treasurer@northernstarquilters.com.

Send Guild newsletter updates and photos as well as info on local quilt activities and shows to news@northernstarquilters.com and photos for Instagram and Facebook are always welcome at social@northernstarquilters.com.

Follow and Share NSQG activities on Facebook  and Instagram   –   @northernstarquilters

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President’s Message – 06/22

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Viewers Choice-Norma Lopez Burton-When Life Give You Scraps Make Quilts

As our first year as presidents comes to an end, we wish to thank you all for making it such a rewarding (and, yes, exhausting) experience.  Seriously, ALL of you have helped in so many ways…volunteering, putting up with our hiccups, offering advice and just generally being cheerful.  (Isn’t that the true nature of every quilter?!?)

With all the challenges new leadership faces, we had a few extras with changes of quilt show venues, workshop venues and meeting schedules.  But with help and cooperation from many of you, we can honestly say we think this year has been a success and look forward to a positive one next year, as well.

Our final gathering is Wednesday, June 15 @ 6 pm, for our annual Salad Supper.  Please bring a salad or cold dish, see details in the following Hospitality section.

We sincerely look forward to seeing you all.

Jody and Margaret
Contact president@northernstarquilters.com

Best of Show(small)-At the Bazaar-Linda Schoenfeld

Best of Show(large)-Good Times Bad TImes-Barbara Camoagna

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Latest News – 06/22

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Hospitality

 We look forward to our end of the year celebration, our Salad Supper. It will be held at Kennedy Catholic High School on Wednesday, June 15th at 6 p.m.
Please bring an appetizer or entree/salad big enough to feed 6 people, serving utensils, and a card listing all the ingredients. Be sure to mark any items you want returned with your name and collect them before you leave.

Coffee, hot tea, ice tea, and lemonade will be provided, as well as dessert.

Let’s celebrate together all that we have accomplished as a guild this year!

Kathy Keene, Nancy Picco,
Hospitality@northernstarquilters.com

Lisa Mason's Trunk Show - Thank you Lisa!

Photos courtesy of Fran Jacobson.

Charitable Activities - Dee Plouffe

Charity Quilt Raffle Winners 2022

Trudy picking up her new machine!

CONGRATULATIONS to the winner of our Grand Prize, ‘Bright Star’ , Anita Schatz who resides in Florida.  The winner of the First Prize, a Bernina sewing machine, is Trudy Trier, who resides in New Jersey.  Congratulations to Friends of Karen, they will be receiving a very generous check at our June 15th Salad Supper.

See you then,  Dee Plouffe’  charitable@northernstarquilters.com

Comfort Quilts

Upcoming Comfort Quilts Dates:

June 1 & 22, July 20, August 17
Wednesdays, 10am-2pm
North Salem Volunteer Ambulance Corps,14 Daniel Rd, North Salem, NY
(All recommended vaccinations required.)
Last minute cancellations do happen so if in doubt or coming for the first time please check.

Summer Surprise packs are ready to be picked up…join us in the fun!

Contact comfortquilts@northernstarquilters.com to join in making Comfort Quilts or to make charity quilt requests or to donate fabric.

May Comfort Quilts

Membership

Hi everyone,

It was great to see so many of you at the show! I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did!

The guild has added several new members over the past month bringing our total membership to 194.
Please welcome:

  • Janis Cortright
  • Phoebe Hawthorne
  • Kate Franklin
  • Aminah Lucio
  • Debra Oaks
  • Dorothea Panayotou
  • Marianne Taylor
  • Constanze Toplansky

If you and a few of your friends would like to host a new member at your table, please contact Joanne or me at membership@northernstarquilters.com

The most updated digital version of the NSQG Membership Directory has been emailed so look for it in your inbox (check Spam if not received).   We’d love it if you could send us your photo for the directory, if you have not yet done so.  We’d like to reach 75% participation in the coming year! The email address is: membership@northernstarquilters.com.

In other Membership news, Torch Archibald writes that she has moved to Virginia. She would like her friends in the guild to have her new address since she will not be rejoining next year. Her address is: 12751 Sudley Manor Drive, Apt. 217, Bristow, VA 20136

I hope you will come and enjoy the return of the annual NSQG Salad Super on Wednesday, June 15th.

Wishing you a wonderful summer!

Carol Sterk and Joanne Visovsky, Membership@northernstarquilters.com

R E N E W   H e r e

Member Notices:

(Members may request a short personal post, quilting related; contact news@northernstarquilters.com)

Nancy Mirman, at this month’s holiday boutique,  will be selling clothing made from her wearable art pattern business.  There will be vests, jackets, bags and some hand knit scarves.

Maria Weinstein  is selling her self-air threading L890 Bernina serger, contact her at tatavw01@yahoo.com.

Harlan Sexton‘s Quilt of Valor group is selling raffle tickets for its 2026 Fabric Fundraiser. Grand prize is a striking patriotic quilt (made by the group and longarmed by guild member Debra Oaks). Contact Harlan by Dec. 5 to purchase a $10 ticket: harlan.sexton1@gmail.com or (516) 662 2953.

Barbara Glab is exhibiting quilts at the Ossining Library in December.  She is also looking for someone to repair a vintage quilt, contact 914-837-829,3 or barbaraglab@att.net.

Area Quilt Shows

Area Guilds offering Programs

Area Quilt Related Shops

Whether you’re a new or renewing member, check out our Buddy Program if you would like a ‘buddy’ to show you the ropes around the guild.  Be sure to pick up your name pin button or make your own NSQG fabric name badge, pattern HERE.

If you know any member of the guild who is in need of a little ‘sunshine’ for illness, sympathy, or any other reason, please contact secretary@northernstarquilters.com so the guild can send a card.

Requests on how to make a donation to the guild to honor a member or support an activity are occasionally received. Such requests may now be accomplished via our website, where we have set up a Donate box on our home page, click on Make a Donation.

Guild bylaws and policies are available to members on our website or by request to the secretary@northernstarquilters.com.
Guild financial reports are available to members by annual email or by request to the treasurer@northernstarquilters.com.

Send Guild newsletter updates and photos as well as info on local quilt activities and shows to news@northernstarquilters.com and photos for Instagram and Facebook are always welcome at social@northernstarquilters.com.

Follow and Share NSQG activities on Facebook  and Instagram   –   @northernstarquilters

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